{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-crew-accommodation-fishing-vessels-regulations-1975/schedule-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-crew-accommodation-fishing-vessels-regulations-1975/schedule-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1975/2220",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-crew-accommodation-fishing-vessels-regulations-1975",
  "path": "schedule/1",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "DECK COVERINGS",
  "text": "The material referred to in regulations 9(1)(a)(ii) and 10(3) shall:\n(1) provide a good foothold both when wet and dry;\n(2) (a) if it covers a deck exposed to the weather, provide thermal insulation not less than that provided by a wooden deck 57 millimetres thick, or\n(b) if it covers any other deck, provide a warm and comfortable surface;\n(3) be such that it will not readily ignite;\n(4) be such that after being immersed in water for 48 hours, its moisture content will not exceed 7 per cent of its dry weight;\n(5) not be such that it might be injurious to health;\n(6) be sufficiently hard and strong to withstand all reasonable conditions of service and sufficiently flexible not to crack in those conditions;\n(7) if laid in a permanent hospital, be such that it will not be readily susceptible to damage by liquids which are likely to be used in the hospital;\n(8) if it is laid directly on top of an oil tank, be such that if it is immersed in fuel oil for 24 hours at a temperature of 66°C it will not be penetrated by the oil and its weight will not increase by more than 1 per cent;\n(9) (a) either not contain any substance which may cause corrosion of the deck on which it is laid; or\n(b) be fitted only to a deck which is protected from corrosion by a coating supplied for that purpose;\n(10) be fitted by means of an adhesive or otherwise so as to affix it securely to the deck.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/2220/schedule/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:46:53.726337+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}